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Those who follow beauty pageants have witnessed a remarkable number of controversies in recent years, some of them political. In general, the increase in the level of controversy probably reflects the growing interest in pageantry around the world.

This year's Miss Universe contest will take place on August 23. Whereas in recent years the big international pageants have been staged in exotic locations.

This year's Miss Universe will be at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Which means, I guess, that it is not too late to get tickets if you are so inclined. The first controversy of the season has already erupted; it is in the entertaining rather than political category.

Australians are up in arms because the "national costume" their contestant, Jesinta Campbell, will be required to wear is a "travesty:" An outlandish outfit designed to represent Australia at the Miss Universe beauty contest has been branded "a national joke" and "a travesty".

The costume, which will be worn by Jesinta Campbell at the competition in Las Vegas next month, features high-heeled Ugg boots, a brown one piece swimming costume hand-painted by.

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Darragh Ó Sé argues that to have thrown the refixture decision over to the Meath County Board was a complete and utter cop-out ONE TOPIC dominated conversation whether in shops, pubs or on the street. Everyone had an opinion, many a solution to avoiding the repetition of the ugly scenes that marred the final seconds and the immediate aftermath of the Leinster football final at Croke Park last Sunday.

A common thread from personal experience was a suggestion that the GAA needed to demonstrate leadership on the issues arising and not hope to be rescued by a generous gesture from the Meath County Board. More of the week’s hottest topic later but first a brief look at the demise of one county and the resurgence in another’s fortunes last weekend.

Top marks to Wexford for pulling out a huge win in Galway but the focus for most people was in dwelling on just how poor the Galway team has fared in the last couple of years. As a player, up until last year I couldn’t help thinking “there but for the grace of God” when I consider the number of potholes Kerry almost disappeared down during the qualifiers in last season’s championship.

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I Hate Luv Story’s is free of controversies: Unlike any other film being linked with a controversy post release.Such as link between the lead pair, scenes being objected by the censor board or content of the film being protested by organizations.

Punit Malhotra’s “I Hate Luv Story’s” starring Imran Khan and Sonam Kapoor is free of all controversies and its lead pair is very much satisfied with it. Unlike a few stars who can go to any extent for the publicity of their films, Imran and Sonam are both against cheap publicity of films. Although, much has been talked about Imran and Sonam’s on and off screen chemistry.

Oprah Winfrey is now facing one of the biggest controversies of her life as she allegedly rigged the result of her own reality talent show contest.

The controversy has risen when just last Tuesday, the vote of Zach Anner, the favorite among the other 6,000 contestants, was dramatically surpassed by Dr. Phyllis votes.

Dr. Phyllis’ votes substantially exceeded that of Anner’s by 300,000 in 20 minutes and 600,000 in an hour. This change raised red flags among those who closely watched the show. It was called suspicious and unfair, thus the surfacing of nasty rumors.

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Controversies regarding troubled celebrities are like two sides of the same coin, sometimes it’s the desperate attention seeking plea of the star itself or sometimes it’s the plain annoying interference of the paparazzi. In this case, I vehemently support the latter.

Miley Cyrus resurfaced with the latest trouble tidbit; an upskirt picture of her was posted on Twitter by an infamous celebrity blogger. It showed MileyCyrus without underpants while exiting a $ 129,000 red Tesla roadster electric car.

The problematic image had the following tagline attached to it, “If you are easily offended, do NOT click here. Oh, Miley! Warning: truly not for the easily offended!” The infamous blogger is none other than the annoying Perez Hilton, who was quick to retract the image as soon as many of his followers on Twitter were infuriated by his actions and wished he would be prosecuted for spreading child pornography.

He also posted a video on his website, apologizing to his insulted fans and said he intended to draw attention to how the pop singer got out of a car and encourage her to be lady-like. Yeah like we believe any of that!

A new film on the life of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto is drawing full houses and new controversies. "It includes audio tapes of Benazir Bhutto never heard before, so much so that it appears almost as if she is narrating her own film.

All of the interviews in this film, from the family, President Zardari, the three children, Sanam Bhutto, Condoleezza Rice, General Musharraf, Fatima Bhutto, all of this footage are new and never seen before,” said film producer Mark Sigel.The film directed by Duane Baughman includes a number of new interviews and comments from Benazir herself.

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Rajneeti Review, Review of Rajneeti: Prakash Jha’s latest film Rajneeti has sparked controversies all over the country.

The Indian censor board has strongly protested few shots of the romantic scenes in the film Rajneeti.

According to the experts, this close physical attachment has the tendency towards the vulgar display of sex in the Indian society where the sex is still recognized to be a taboo word.

Prakash Jha has stated clearly that this episode is very vital part of reviving the romantic situation in the movie.

This short love making scene should not be cut to size. There is another allegation from a congress activist named Naseem Khan.

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The much-awaited and controversy-ridden International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards 2010 kick starts today at Colombo, Sri Lanka. Loads of Indian celebrities and VIPs in the island country will attend the film festival that will conclude on June 5.

The event will be hosted by Mandira Bedi, Chunky Pandey and Javed Jaffrey with performances from big stars like Salman Khan and Sri Lankan beauty (Bollywood actress) Jacqueline Fernandez. Bollywood celebrities like Hrithik Roshan, Suniel Shetty, Lara Dutta, Riteish Deshmukh, Dino Morea and many others will attend the gala event.

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The two torch-bearers in the post-Simpsons Fox animated realm, Family Guy and Futurama may have had similar origin stories [Fox Executive: Do some moreathese things that're doin' all good!] but both quickly assumed their own respective identities.

And, ultimately, two largely divergent fanbases. Who ya got — Non-sequitors, deliberate offensiveness, and a bottomless pop culture archive? Or subtle nerdity, sci-fi homages and the occassional space tear-jerking moment? Love ‘em both? Hate em both?

Controversies keep dogging the newly-wedded couple Shoaib Malik and Sania Mirza ever since they announced their engagement till their Walima on April 25, but they are not one to bow down to rumours. They looked wonderful together at the reception held today.

Their outfits were designed by Shantanu and Nikhil.The couple got married on April 12 amidst controversy over Malik's earlier marriage to Ayesha Siddiqui.

The problem was solved after he signed the divorce papers. However, more controversies welcome him on reaching the Pakistani soil. Two petitions were filed against him for holding reception against the rule of the government and for the alleged sale of invitation cards.However, Shoaib rubbished the allegation of selling invitation cards to his wedding reception. He pleaded the media to give them space so that they could live normal life.